Snapshots of the Past

View on Sutter Street, from Mason Street--Jewish Synagogue, San Francisco – Vintage Photo Print

View on Sutter Street, from Mason Street--Jewish Synagogue, San Francisco, [published 1866] — historic photograph
View on Sutter Street, from Mason Street--Jewish Synagogue, San Francisco, [published 1866]. Historic photograph from the Freemasons collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

Description

This historic photograph of View on Sutter Street, from Mason Street--Jewish Synagogue, San Francisco brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Since 2001, Snapshots of the Past has shipped historic prints to tens of thousands of customers around the world.

View on Sutter Street, from Mason Street--Jewish Synagogue, San Francisco

Order a print

Secure checkout · SSL encryptedPowered by Stripe and PayPal

Free shipping in the lower 48 states. The checkout page shows the picture, size and price before you pay.

Sign up for our newsletter

Sent securely. No purchase needed. Unsubscribe anytime.

Ask about licensing or this print

This view looks along Sutter Street from the corner of Mason Street, and its subject is a synagogue, a building type that was still unusual in a city where most of the population had arrived during the Gold Rush. By the mid-1860s San Francisco had a sizable Jewish community with several congregations, and the street-level scene shows how a house of worship fit into the dense commercial and residential blocks of the time. The picture is one half of a stereograph pair from the *Gems of California Scenery* series, which sold city and landscape views to viewers who used stereoscopes at home. The record's date and caption details come from an old card and have not been fully verified, so the exact year and the building's occupants are best checked against other sources.

Created / published[published 1866]
Medium1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen.
GenreStereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870.
SubjectsThe Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 231. LOT subdivision subject: San Francisco--Churches and Synagogues. This record contains unverified old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan2,365 × 2,250 px · prints to 8 × 8 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-115971

More from the Freemasons collection

Snapshots of the Past helps heritage brands, museums, historians and storytellers tell stories with history: historic prints, image licensing and historical storytelling drawn from more than 25 years of research and curation.

Related pictures

Jewish Synagogue on Mason Street, San FranciscoJewish Synagogue on Mason Street, San FranciscoMason Street, from Clay Street, looking North, San FranciscoMason Street, from Clay Street, looking North, San FranciscoMason Street, Grammar School, San FranciscoMason Street, Grammar School, San FranciscoRussian Hill from corner of Mason and Sacramento, San FranciscoRussian Hill from corner of Mason and Sacramento, San Francisco[Iowa - Mason City - Main Street, S. from 6th][Iowa - Mason City - Main Street, S. from 6th]Masonic and Odd Fellows Hall, San José, Santa Clara CountyMasonic and Odd Fellows Hall, San José, Santa Clara County